Test Your Fix-It IQ

[classic33]

Do you think you’re a master mechanic? Use this quiz to find out just where you rank in the world of wrenches. Even better, challenge your know-it-all friends to a quiz-off and find out who really knows their stuff.
http://www.bicycling.com/maintenance/bicycle-repair/test-your-fix-it-iq

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

7/10 · Scored 70%
Result: You're a Fixit (not a fixie)

 

[stephec]

7/10 for me as well.

Although according to them you can't replace an inner cable on it's own, you need to replace the outer as well.

 

[swee'pea99]

2/10. But then again, I have no idea what chain suck means, several of the questions relate to modern bikes, about which I know bugger all (the headset answer, eg, is only true for a-head, not for quill stems) and more than one of the answers strike me as decidedly odd - eg, I can't imagine how you would go about sorting out a dink in the rim with an adjustable spanner, and as Stephec says, I've replaced any number of inners-but-not-outers over the years, and yet I live! Perhaps most tellingly, I've ridden many thousands of miles on many many bikes, three of which I've built up from the frame, and haven't had a single thing done on any of them by anyone but me. Test that, doods.

 

[classic33]

The question on common sizes throw me. I've a mix of two of the sizes given.

 

[Gravity Aided]

80%-Shop Hero
(no, just empty pockets and good parental training)

 

[cyberknight]

7/10 for me as well.

Although according to them you can't replace an inner cable on it's own, you need to replace the outer as well.

Indeed and the question regarding disc brake howl does not allow for new pads squealing so some of the questions have more than one answer.

 

[Deleted member 23692]

9/10 · Scored 90%
Result: UCI WorldTour Wrench

I got the disc brake question 'wrong', but from personal experience I was actually right

 

[Drago]

0/10. Seems that "hit it with a hammer" isn't the universal fix-all I'd previously thought

 

[mickle]

Dumb questionnaire. I'm not saying what I got...

 

[JMAG]

6/10 although I can strip and rebuild a bike with my eyes closed. Maybe I'm more practical than academic!

 

[summerdays]

I got 5/10, but I'm not claiming to be a mechanic. I'm sure some could be answered more than one way and disagreed with the chain suck one which I got on a brand new bike, that had only done a few miles.

 

[winjim]

Hardly a comprehensive assessment. Where are the questions about cotter pins and quill stems?

 

[Mrs M]

6
I don't do "home maintenance" on "the mean machine" she's too precious.

 

[Easytigers]

5/10 for me...now I realise why mechanical problems with the bike tend to get worse if I try to sort them out!